Wasted Time.

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” (numerous claims to the quote).

and the time wasted with witless meetings, unnecessary homework, ‘mandatory’ classes that stifles creativity is absolutely wasted time- unless you enjoy it. I do not.

Interestingly, when asked “what do you do with your time?” There is a weirdness and a pregnant pause for me. If I tell people what I really do, I get a dazed and confused, sometimes pitiful or condescending look followed by a comment- “awe, good for you” but it’s more like I just got out of a mental institution ‘taking it easy’ and enjoying my ‘wasted time’.

In our society, if your time is not being used for profit it is considered a waste. Usually the profits benefit others -bm’s- rather than ourselves, but we tell ourselves and each other that we are being ‘productive’ members. (I wonder where we get that message?)

As a teacher, I could rattle off all the ‘quite verily important rigorous tasks’- “oy, I’ve got grading, lesson planning, preparing kids to fill in bubbles on a test. A test that both threatens the future of kids and is meaningless in the long run. But it sounds very important.

Wasted: “unprofitably used or expended”. “Laid waste”. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wasted

That’s me. Unprofitable, expendable, laid to waste.

And it is scarily scrumptious. It is also NOT for the weak. Not being profitable is not easy, but it’s a lot more satisfying, personally speaking. No, I’m not going to go into what I ‘do’. But what about you? How do you spend YOUR time?

The last time someone asked “yea, but what do you DO?” I just said, “nothing”.

And to do nothing is really something! Try it. I dare ya.